You’re a Superstar!  That’s what the invitation read.   The company I work for ended it’s fiscal year recently, and it was a successful year financially.  Which is why, I guess, our raises this year will be very small, as they were set to match what the average raise has been in our industry in this tough financial recessionary year.  (I really have to suppose that if the overall industry had huge raises, but we’d done poorly financially, we still would have gotten small raises.  Always find a way to work things to the company’s advantage.  oh well).   But, overlook all that, as all the corporate employees got invited to a special lunch.  The invitation clearly told us so.    Come to the Selah Civic Center and celebrate!   So we showed up.  And there really was a red carpet to walk down to enter the room.  And very entertaining posters from various movies, but with our president and vice presidents faces taking the place of the movie stars.  Tree Top’s CEO as Clint Eastwood, the VP of field services as Johnny Cash in “Walk the Line”, the VP of sales and marketing starring in Braveheart, the VP of operations in Transformers.  Etc. etc.

But I thought they said “we” were the superstars, the average employees?   Where we our photos on movie posters?   I guess I misinterpreted that part.  But “what the hey”.  It’s a catered lunch.  That should provide some memorable treats.  So we all formed a long line, wondering just what we would be served.  And most of us were quite surprised to find it was —  Hot Dogs!   Wait.  Did I get something wrong here?  A big celebratory catered luncheon, and hot dogs (or chili dogs, if you added the available chili) for the main course?   With little bags of potato chips?

Yup!   I hope that the executive committee from Tree Top isn’t reading this blog.  No, I take that back.  I hope they do.   It just didn’t leave me with warm, fuzzy feelings.   Can we try again next year?

Back to work!